Bison bc – Lovelessness – CD Review

Lovelessness, the third Metal Blade release for Vancouver metal act Bison bc, is a bit of a downer – especially when compared to earlier releases. The music is something like a symphony for the clinically insane. Over the course of the three Metal Blade albums, Bison has developed into a unique outfit that cane make sense of chaos. The guitars are sloppy sounding and the drums come across like spiking thumps rather than keepers of the beat. But oddly enough, this retro mishmash of elements works for these guys.

With only one song under the six minute mark, Lovelessness follows suit with attempts at epic pieces rather than catchy little numbers. An Old Friend opens the album with a bit of familiar territory – a guitar driven suicide attempt headed by vocalist James Farwell. The track picks up speed about half way through and shows how this band can handle sharing the stage with bands like Job For A Cowboy and 3 Inches of Blood.

Anxiety Puke / Lovelessness is a bit of a punk/Motorhead joint that reeks of misery and pain and is a departure from the usually Bison fare, while Last and First Things is one of the two tracks on the album with a bit of a true epic feel – the other being Finally Asleep, which also has the honour of being the least cancerous of the six songs and is by far the best song on the album.

Blood Music is similar to An Old Friend and Clozapine Dream, the shortest of the tracks, feels out of place amongst the lengthier songs.

Bison bc have become something unique in the music world – they are a unique band that has found a truly original sound.

April has interviewed hundreds of celebrities in her career, including some favourites like rocker Meat Loaf, actor Tobin Bell from the Saw movies and Dominic Cooper from Captain America: The First Avenger.

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BUFFY IS BACK!
We are extremely excited & honoured to be welcoming back the incomparable Buffy Sainte-Marie to The Aeolian on Sunday, November 18th & Monday, November 19th!
“Putting the songs to

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BUFFY IS BACK!

We are extremely excited & honoured to be welcoming back the incomparable Buffy Sainte-Marie to The Aeolian on Sunday, November 18th & Monday, November 19th!

“Putting the songs to work.”

Buffy Sainte-Marie is touring constantly, and coming off her critically acclaimed, award-winning 2015 album Power in the Blood, nobody could ever accuse the Academy Award-winning songwriter of taking it easy. Since her groundbreaking debut, 1964’s It’s My Way!, the Cree singer-songwriter has been a trailblazer and a tireless advocate, an innovative artist, and a disruptor of the status quo.

Sainte-Marie has spent her whole life creating, and her artistry, humanitarian efforts, and Indigenous leadership have made her a unique force in the music industry. In 1969, she made one of the world’s first electronic vocal albums; in 1982 she became the only Indigenous person to win an Oscar; she spent five years on Sesame Street where she became the first woman to breastfeed on national television. She’s been blacklisted and silenced. She’s written pop standards sung and recorded by the likes of Janis Joplin, Elvis Presley, Donovan, Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes. She penned “Universal Soldier,” the definitive anti-war anthem of the 20th century. She is an icon who keeps one foot firmly planted on both sides of the North American border, in the unsurrendered territories that comprise Canada and the USA.

The nineteen songs in this collection are about the environment, alternative conflict resolution, Indigenous realities, greed, and racketeering. It features a brand new politically charged rocker, “The War Racket,” that slinks and pounds as Sainte-Marie sing-speaks wisdom like, “You pretend it’s religion, like there’s no one to blame/ for the dead and impoverished in your little patriot game.” There are new recordings of some of the most insightful songs Buffy’s ever written, like the decades-spanning, rock ’n’ roll reportage “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” or the first powwow rock song, “Starwalker,” an anthemic celebration of Indigenous leadership. There are timeless protest classics like “Universal Soldier,” “Now That the Buffalo’s Gone,” and

“Little Wheel Spin and Spin,” as well as forgotten gems that were simply ahead of their time when first released, like the shimmery, eye-opening “Priests of the Golden Bull,” and the chillingly prescient “Disinformation.”

But this isn’t an album of just protest songs.

“Protest songs are good, they’re important, and they talk about a problem,” Sainte-Marie says. “But there are other activist songs which don’t have a label, but they can enlighten and liberate, inform, motivate or otherwise encourage solutions.” ‘Carry It On’ is like that. So is ‘You Got to Run,’ another new rocker and collaboration with acclaimed experimental vocalist Tanya Tagaq. ‘You Got To Run’ might be championing a marathon runner or an election candidate, charging through self-doubt to the real victory beyond the win.

Sainte-Marie doesn’t sugarcoat the truth, nor does she shy away from hard realities, but Medicine Songs is never overwhelming or oppressive. Rather than making us feel smaller, sadder or more cynical, Buffy Sainte-Marie makes us feel stronger and more capable of seeing the world around us clearly. Part rhythmic healing, part trumpeting wakeup call, Medicine Songs is the soundtrack for the resistance.

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Global comedy superstar Russell Peters is thrilled to announce he will adding new Canadian dates in his return to his home and native land as part of his brand new

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Global comedy superstar Russell Peters is thrilled to announce he will adding new Canadian dates in his return to his home and native land as part of his brand new Deported World Tour this fall. He will be making a tour stop at The Aud on Monday, November 19, 2018.

The Emmy®, Gemini® and Peabody® award winning comic will perform a limited fifteen market arena tour bringing his unique and sometimes controversial brand of humor home once again. Peters’ new show features all new material including plenty of Russell’s signature audience interactions.

Tickets on sale now! Get your tickets: http://bit.ly/2yxjtQO

Ticket prices range from $55 – $105

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Check out the rest of Russell Peters’ tour: www.russellpeters.com

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(Monday) 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

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400 East Avenue

A Tribe Called Red - KitchenerCentre In The Square101 Queen Street North

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Producing an unbelievably unique sound, A Tribe Called Red, Group of the Year at the 2018 JUNO Awards, mixes traditional pow wow vocals and drumming with cutting-edge electronic music to

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Producing an unbelievably unique sound, A Tribe Called Red, Group of the Year at the 2018 JUNO Awards, mixes traditional pow wow vocals and drumming with cutting-edge electronic music to celebrate their Aboriginal culture in an open, wild party OnStage.

Bursting forth from Canada’s capital, native Producer and DJ crew A Tribe Called Red is making an impact on the global electronic scene with a truly unique sound.

The crew has performed high profile festival dates at Coachella, Bonnaroo, AfroPunk, Osheaga, and New Orleans Jazz Fest to list a few. In 2014, they garnered mainstream recognition when the band became the first Indigenous group to win the Breakthrough Group of the Year award at the Juno Awards (Canada’s Grammys). ATCR was also long-listed for Canada’s prestigious Polaris Music Prize in 2012 and 2013 and its debut album was included in the Washington Post’s top 10 albums of that same year.

A Tribe Called Red promotes inclusivity, empathy and acceptance amongst all races and genders in the name of social justice. They believe that indigenous people need to define their identity on their own terms. If you share this vision, then you are already part of the Halluci Nation.

$1 from each ticket will be donated to the Gord Downie & Charlie Wenjack Fund. The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) is part of Gord Downie’s legacy and embodies his commitment, and that of both the Downie and Wenjack families, to call Canadians to learning and action in solidarity with Indigenous peoples of this land. The goal of the fund is to continue the conversation that began with Chanie Wenjack’s residential school story, and to support the reconciliation process through awareness, education, and action.